The Cartoons That Made Us Gay: Street Sharks
Added 2022-03-20 06:16:09 +0000 UTC“Sharkbait” (September 7, 1994)
It’s the show that asks the question “what if the Ninja Turtles but not turtles and also no formal martial arts training?” Street Sharks may be only one of many series that attempted to squeeze a few extra bucks from the TMNT formula, but it’s distinguished from the rest by being the one to boast the most scenes that would create kinks and fetishes in its viewers. Non-consensual body transformation? It’s full of it! Muscle growth and resulting destruction of clothes? Bingo! Syringes full of mystery ooze? In multiples!
Listen:
The What a Cartoon! podcast’s episode about The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, another Bohbot Entertainment gem.
Watch:
The 1989 pilot for Girl Talk, featuring baby Sarah Michelle Gellar.
Vin Diesel loves Street Sharks, has hair.
Read:
The (very short) Mental Floss post on the history of Street Sharks.
The newspaper article claiming that Street Sharks outsold Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, at least in some markets, in 1995.
The personal website of Joe Galliani, creator of Street Sharks
Jordan Minor’s article “How I Used Lies About A Cartoon to Prove History Is Meaningless on the Internet,” a.k.a. “Everything You Know About Street Sharks Is Wrong”
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Comments
Jawsome ep guys!! Was fun to listen to, especially since before I left Mattel, I was working on a Street Sharks reboot! Of course like most things in entertainment it’s probably sitting in limbo somewhere, but it was really fun. And I remember coming across the Roxie on doing my research and I so wanted to add her into the show just for shits and giggles!
Garrett Sander
2022-05-03 00:15:25 +0000 UTC"Street Sharks" and "SWAT Kats" live next door to each other in my memory.
Bobby Joe Christensen
2022-04-05 05:37:32 +0000 UTCmy memory told me that the theme song was much better than it actually is. oh no.
Joseph Moore
2022-03-29 17:37:49 +0000 UTCOkay
Drew Mackie
2022-03-21 18:26:09 +0000 UTCI guess I didn’t see that in the video?
Drew Mackie
2022-03-21 15:47:24 +0000 UTCYou folks didn't mention that Vin Diesel had a dorsal fin as well in that video of him showing off the Street Sharks figures, lol
Zachary 'Pup GIR' Ledbetter
2022-03-21 15:29:34 +0000 UTCThe "protovirus" thing is interesting. That very term describes a common ancestor of all oncogenic RNA viruses so it's a good thing that the boys are transformer into sharks since sharks are notoriously tumour-resistant! To be clear, in our world, the protovirus is currently a hypothesis.
Akshat Sharma
2022-03-21 13:09:49 +0000 UTCPlease, please, please, do Beverly Hills Teens next!
Corrie Hill
2022-03-21 06:43:35 +0000 UTCOh wow, should not have assumed. Thank you!
Drew Mackie
2022-03-21 04:49:00 +0000 UTCIt was a steamed hams cart, guys
Oscar Cardoza
2022-03-20 21:29:22 +0000 UTCGreat episode, fellas! Just one correction - C.O.P.S. was a 1988 cartoon that predates the awful Fox "reality" show and is completely unrelated. (To the point where they renamed it in later reruns.) It's more of a GI Joe knockoff then anything given it was just meant to sell toys and basically has its own Cobra-type wacky rogues gallery.
Ryan Atkins
2022-03-20 18:12:59 +0000 UTC
